08/16/2005

"If you have a college degree you can be absolutely certain of one thing ...that you have a college degree"

Well ...it's twenty-some years later and I find myself re-entering the hallowed halls of collegiate learning. Having never completed my Bachelor's degree many moons ago (the University of Wisconsin and I had a difference of opinion re/expectations ...they expected me to go to class and pass exams and I expected to go out most nights and sleep in the next morning) I've hesitantly enrolled at Edgewood College under their adult accelerated program to work towards getting a Bachelor of Business Administration degree (BBA).

We'll see what happens. I'm not completely keen on dropping the amount of money necessary, but then again many (if not most) managerial jobs look for applicants to have a Bachelor degree (I guess having a piece of paper is more important than a proven track record of achieving managerial-level positions at most all of your previous places of business ...oh well ...what are you going to do?).

The program is structured into seven week sessions and I'll be taking one class a session, which equates to one night a week (perhaps I'll take two classes a session somewhere down the road, but with trying to find a new job and weaning myself back into a study-mode type frame of mind, I figure one is fine for now). Perhaps to better prepare myself for my return to academia I should queue up 'Animal House' on dvd, just to become reacquainted with college-life?

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Despite the sarcastic post subject, in the long run it will pay off. It did for me and many others I know. Now all I need is to hit a big jackpot in Vegas next month to payoff that lifetime of student loans. . .

Posted by: Joecap | 08/17/2005

Viva Las Vegas! Hopefully the whole school thing will pay off (and hopefully I'll have the fortitude to see it through, since I've procrastinated for quite some time in jumping back into the fray). One part of me still has the nagging doubt of it being akin to one step forward, two steps back, but truthfully it's long overdue.

Posted by: Broken Little Person | 08/17/2005

Good luck with the girls at Edgewood. They're kinda...all religious and stuff.

Oh, and keep in mind, they have a high school right next to the college. Be careful!

Posted by: Thaa Reverend | 08/25/2005

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